Condutionals Flashcards
What is the tense of the consequence if the conditional is present?
It could be present (zero conditional)
Or it could be future conditional
If I go to the store now I ……. have apples (having).
I will have (future) -> first conditional
How do you show a condition in a phrase ? / what comes before a condition ? (The main one)
if and other things
If you lived in London you would …… more. (Going shopping)
And What type of conditional is it?
You would go shopping more.
Second conditional
The world would seem a better place for if we ….. less petrol (to use).
What type of conditional?
The second.
If we used less
If I had seen you I ….. to you. (To go up to someone
I would have gone up to you
What is the general principal of the main conditionals ? (what tense is the consequence in)
The future tense of the conditional tense or just the present (of conditional is in present)
When do you use mixed conditionals ?
To imply other things that you can’t with the others. This means you don’t follow the future principle
I would have visited you by no but you don’t live here. =
I would have visited you by now, if you …. In London
If you lived in London
Lesley could have not missed the bus but she did cause she is disorganized) -> Lesley wouldn’t have missed the bus if she …. better organised (to be)
If she was better organised
You could have used my cat yesterday if the battery wasn’t Flat.
Meaning?
Normally it would be hadnt been flat.
Here it s to mean the battery is still flat rn